So you don't have a good diagnosis for the hands?...
U2, a neuro. who thought it was ulnar nerve entrapment said to try a non restricting brace on the elbow to keep it straight during the night. He also said that any time you have burning/hot/cold/odd...
I made the original post. I just had another round of nerve tests, just to satisfy the rheum. Everything was negative -- no ulnar trouble. Fingers are rigid, swollen, burning, aching. Then the...
Here I am! Are you saying, Kimberly, that my symptoms really seem to be something you're familiar with? Wow! Did you end up finding my post because of these symptoms? Wow! Thank you so much! I'm...
I don't know anything about metho. but other people have posted threads about it....
ELN -- I don't have a splitting sensation like a broken tree. It feels more like I smashed my fingers in the door a few days ago. Pain is a driving force, isn't it? And we can feel a little panicky...
Thanks! It's great to get encouraging information once in a while! /community/emoticons/smile.gif ...
Thanks! Do you recall how long it took between the onset of symptoms to the diagnosis?...
Wlcash-- good question -- how do you trust a diagnosis when there are no tests to match? I don't want meds that are just wild guesses. I want to know what this is too....
Des anyone have burning, tingling feet after walking a lot or running? In the morning when awakening? Need to wear cross trainers all the time -- no flip flops! No heels! No slippers! No flats! Pain...
Feet-- I never connected this symptoms with my other symptoms( stiff, welling fingers in the morning etc) -- but my feet burn and tingle a lot -- especially in the morning and always after I run ( I...
Thanks, everyone. How does a person get a serotonin negative diagnosis??. Boatswife, thanks for telling me you have that frozen stuck feeling when the fingers are in the same position for very long....
Wlcash-- I'm sorry about your situation. How frustrating. I hate it when I feel like I have to be my own doctor to figure out what to do next. Do steroids actually help your fingers move in the...
Good luck, Maxie B. (Sorry -- my computer locked up in the middle of the previous post.)...
Maxie B, Thanks. So they're treating you for lyme? they gave me some sort of lyme test because this started about 8 months after an unually annoying tick attachment. The site would swell and itch on...
Congratulations, Sean! Even though you've "hated" walking or running, now you have a reason to push forward -- onward and upward! If you start slowly and congratulate yourself every time you walk...
Really, Diane? that's something to think about. I'm glad you're improving!!! Did the dr. decide based on those RA markers outside of bloodwork? Thanks for the info. Hmmmm. estrogen drop. My estrogen...
Thank you! I had been seeing a chiro for my back and neck a few months before this started, so I went back to her and she did whatever she thought she could, but was absolutely stumped. I went to a...
Thank you, thank you! I was about to give up and just wait out the years until somebody came up with a diagnosis. It's easy to feel absolutely helpless and stupid with this sort of thing. Only 3 days...
thanks for the info, Vannie! I'm sorry you had to go so long while your body got worse. That's awful. How long did it take before the new dr. helped you? I feel like an over-reacting fool whenever I...
Mayo, may I ask how long you've had this experience? The rheum. has used the words "strange" and "bizarre" to describe my problem, so if you're experiencing the same thing, then if one of us figures...
Thanks....
Did anyone's RA first show up when suddenly waking up one morning with painful, swollen, stiff fingers (worst at top joints) with burning sensation? This happened all of a sudden one day in May,...
Has anyone had stiff, painful, swollen, burning problems with fingers in the mornings due to anything related to thyroid? 2007 - low thyroid diagnosis after hair coming out, hoarse voice, tsh test;...
Mayo, Please tell us what your rheum. says on Tuesday. I don't have trigger finger. What I mean about "frozen" is that I use my other hand to make them loose enough to bend. They feel like they have...
Thanks. I've never posted on a forum before. Thanks for the suggestion, Debbie. Would I stay on the fibromyalgia group? How do I start a new thread? (Sorry about my ignorance) DW, is it possible that...
3 years ago I suddenly woke up unable to bend my fingers with swelling and pain in both hands, with no prior warning or injury. The fingers have been stiff like this every single morning since then,...